Alana Dudley of Whippany Park celebrates during her team's 49-44 victory over New Providence for the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 title on Tuesday in Whippany. (Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger)

The trio of Olivia Dudley, Alana Dudley and Lauren O’Connor has helped produce many memorable moments this season for Whippany Park.

Tuesday, the three delivered the school’s first sectional title in two decades.

Olivia Dudley had 17 points and six assists, O’Connor totaled 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Alana Dudley, Olivia's sister, added 13 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, to lift Whippany Park to a 49-44 victory over New Providence in the championship game of the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 tournament before 600 in Whippany.

The title was the first for Whippany Park (24-5) since it won the same section in 1992. New Providence, which was seeking its third straight North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 title, had also captured the last two overall Group 1 state titles.

“This means everything to us,” Olivia Dudley, a senior guard, said. “It’s great to be able to win it for coach (Tom Wilson) and also to go out in my last year with a championship.”

The third-quarter play of Olivia Dudley was a big reason why the Morris County school will meeting Emerson Boro or Cresskill tomorrow in the Group 1 semifinals at Ramapo High in Franklin Lakes at 6 p.m.

New Providence (16-11) held a 26-22 lead early in the third quarter on two free throws by Emma Culleton before Olivia Dudley took control. Dudley scored on a putback of a missed shot by O’Connor and then blocked a shot by Culleton on the other end before racing up the court and scoring on a layup with six minutes remaining in the period to knot the score, 26-26.

Whippany Park then took the lead for good when Alana Dudley buried a 3-pointer from the corner after taking a cross-court pass from O’Connor.

“We work well together and we know we can shoot,” Alana Dudley, a junior guard, said. “Making those shots when we had to was big.”

A 3-pointer by Alana Dudley with 4:40 remaining in the fourth quarter gave Whippany Park a 44-33 lead, but New Providence went on an 8-2 run to cut its deficit to 46-41 with 52 seconds left. Sara Lowenstein and Cassandra Squeri each had a 3-pointer in the spree for New Providence.

O’Connor, who had six rebounds in the fourth quarter, made two free throws and Olivia Dudley went 1-of-2 from the line to push Whippany Park’s lead to 49-41 before Squeri, who had a game-high 19 points, made her fourth 3-pointer of the game at the buzzer.

“We just didn’t make the shots down the stretch that we needed to,” Culleton, a senior forward, said. “They hit their shots and we weren’t as aggressive as we could’ve been.”

Wilson owns a career mark of 512-242 in 30 years at the helm of Whippany Park.

"I kept telling them that they're playing the two-time defending state champion, so be ready," Wilson said. "In the first half we didn't play our best, but we definitely improved in the second. We were able to slow down Squeri and we hit our shots."